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New Mapoon QLD 4876

136 addresses · 10 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Northern Peninsula Area LGA › New Mapoon · 2156 km from Brisbane

Living Here

New Mapoon is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 412 people, with a median age of 25. The typical household earns around $924 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 5% of households own their home and 95% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

412Population
25Median age
$924Median household income / wk
$125Median rent / wk
3.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Northern Peninsula Airport, 11.5 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 79.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in New Mapoon

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, New Mapoon QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202079.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202193.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 23.9% · Labour-force participation 47.9%

Population by age in New Mapoon
Population by age, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-443
5-1486
15-1931
20-2441
25-3476
35-4431
45-5452
55-6436
65-7413
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in New Mapoon
Dwelling types, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House81
Townhouse12
Apartment9
Other10
Households by weekly income in New Mapoon
Households by weekly income, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65016
$650-1,49928
$1,500-2,99914
$3,000+8
Top ancestries in New Mapoon
Top ancestries, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal309
Other290
Ancestry NS50
English20
Australian14
Scottish7
Housing tenure in New Mapoon
Housing tenure, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned0
Mortgage5
Rented96
Other0
Cars per household in New Mapoon
Cars per household, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
031
136
218
30
4+8
Commute to work in New Mapoon
Commute to work, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car56
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked20
Bicycle0
Home3
Languages used at home in New Mapoon
Languages used at home, New Mapoon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous290

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

8,278 bird observations recorded near New Mapoon — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near New Mapoon

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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